Explain the figurative language in the following quotation from paragraph 23. What is the purpose of this comparison? “For that day Monsieur Hamel had prepared some entirely new examples, on which was written in a fine, round hand: ‘France, Alsace, France, Alsace.’ They were like little flags, waving all about the class, hanging from the rods of our desks.”

The words ‘France, Alsace, France, Alsace’ represent Monsieur Hamel's patriotism and his love for France. The little boy Franz compares the papers with these words to flags representing France's and Alsace's freedom.

Explanation:

The Last Lesson – The Story of a Little Alsatian, by Alphonse Daudet is set at the time of the Franco-Prussian war. Alsace, reclaimed from Germany by France in the WW1, is a disputed territory between the two countries.

The Last Lesson narrates the story of an Alsatian boy, Franz, who is overwhelmed by his teacher, Mr. Hamel's patriotism. Monsieur Hamel, who has been teaching French at Franz's school for twenty years, announces that orders from Berlin have banned French. Monsieur Hamel hands out a writing assignment to the children with the words, ‘France, Alsace, France, Alsace’ written on them. Later, while bidding farewell, Monsieur is too emotional to express his feelings so he writes Viva La France i.e. Long Live France on the board.

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1. drag the central argument paine presents and its two claims to complete the chart. argument claims america may have flourished more had it not been under the power of any european country. america may have flourished under britain in the past, but there is no guarantee that it will continue to flourish in the future. america will continue to flourish as long as the essential food products it sells are bought and eaten in europe. the american colonies will no longer flourish when britain makes war against them. britain's king has shown himself to be prejudiced against the colonies, rather than wanting them to flourish.

2.select the sentence in this passage that can be classified as a false statement.

although few humans per year are attacked by polar bears, any individual attack can be terrifying and even fatal. the warming of arctic regions has allowed the intrusion of humans into the polar bears’ habitat, increasing the danger of harmful contacts. remaining alert and using precautions can humans avoid a negative encounter with a polar bear. traveling together and staying close to the group can humans avoid bear attacks. certain weapons, including nonlethal ones such as pepper spray, are effective against polar bears. once a bear has decided to attack, however, nothing can be done.

3.select the sentence in this passage that demonstrates the fallacy of making an extreme either-or claim.

the civil war was the bloodiest conflict in the history of the united states. more than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives. the fighting took place in many different cities and throughout the countryside. the wounded often suffered acute pain while in the field hospitals. they all should have asked for better care. william hammond, the surgeon general of the union army, created a new system of sanitary field care. if people do not accept hammond as the most important person from the civil war, they have no understanding of the war.